vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2014-4616: python: missing boundary check in JSON module
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Aug 24, 2017 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 24, 2017
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
Array index error in the scanstring function in the _json module in Python 2.7 through 3.5 and simplejson before 2.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via a negative index value in the idx argument to the raw_decode function.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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